You had said your using spamassasin, that and other content filters like dspam must have completely received the message before they can scan it.
Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chad >Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC >Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 7:50 AM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Lisa Casey >Subject: Re: Getting a new server > > > >On Feb 4, 2006, at 1:54 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> The beauty of the greylist milter over the way your doing it, is that >> with >> your method, the spammer is able to completely send the message to >> you. >> Yes I realize the message gets killed in between your outside >> server and >> your user's mailbox. But, the spammer doesen't know that and they >> think >> they have successfully sent a message. Thus it encourages them to >> keep sending. > >Uhh, no. They may be sending the message but they get the reject in >the DATA phase before the smtp connection is done. The spammer does >NOT think he has successfully sent the message unless it is one that >does not care anyway to finish the smtp connection. > >Chad > >--- >Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC >Your Web App and Email hosting provider >chad at shire.net > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/251 - Release Date: 2/4/2006 > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
